Hanna Harrell

Hanna Harrell (born September 26, 2003) is an American figure skater. She is the 2016 U.S. juvenile silver medalist, the 2018 U.S. junior pewter (fourth-place) medalist and the 2019 U.S. senior pewter medalist. In 2019, she represented her country at the World Junior Championships, finishing 7th.

Hanna Harrell
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2003-09-26) September 26, 2003
Russellville, Arkansas
Home townPlano, Texas
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
CoachAlexei Letov
Olga Ganicheva
Former coachNatalia Mishkutionok
ChoreographerMisha Ge
Former choreographerOlga Ganicheva
Skating clubSC of Boston
Former skating clubDallas FSC
Training locationsBoston, Massachusetts
Former training locationsPlano, Texas
Dallas, Texas
World standing168 (As of 3 March 2019)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total176.69
2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Short program62.68
2019 Junior Worlds
Free skate114.01
2019 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Harrell was born on September 26, 2003 in Russellville, Arkansas. She is of Japanese descent through her mother, Atsuko Tamura. Harrell competed in artistic gymnastics up through Level 7.[2] She has a cat named Whiskers.

Career

Early years

Harrell began learning to skate as a three-year-old, at the Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3] At age seven, she relocated for training to Dallas, Texas, where she was coached by Natalia Mishkutionok for one year before joining Olga Ganicheva and Aleksey Letov.[3]

2015–2016 season

At the 2016 U.S. Championships, Harrell won the juvenile silver medal (behind Stephanie Ciarochi).

2017–2018 season

In the 2017–2018 season, she debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

At the 2018 U.S. Championships, she won the junior pewter (fourth-place) medal (behind Alysa Liu, Pooja Kalyan and Ting Cui).

2018–2019 season

Harrell was diagnosed with a foot injury in late August 2018. She wore a protective boot for more than a month and was off the ice completely for two to three weeks.[4] She stated, "I had a bad injury on my foot and I had two stress reactions, and they were almost fractured".[4]

In October, Harrell placed seventh at her JGP assignment in Yerevan, Armenia. In January, at the 2019 U.S. Championships, she won the senior pewter medal (behind Alysa Liu, Bradie Tennell and Mariah Bell).[5] In March, she (along with Ting Cui) represented the United States at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked fifth in the short, she competed in the final group during the free skate. She finished seventh overall after placing ninth in the free skate.

2019–2020 season

Harrell opened the season at the Philadelphia Summer International, where she won the bronze medal. Given two Junior Grand Prix assignments, she placed seventh at the 2019 JGP France. Harrell had to withdraw from the 2019 JGP Italy due to a stress fracture in her foot that was repeatedly misdiagnosed. Harrell's injury subsequently forced her to withdraw from the rest of the season, including her place on the American team to the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.[6]

2020–2021 season

Harrell returned to competition at the 2021 U.S. Championships, where she placed seventeenth out of seventeen skaters.[7]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2021
[8]
  • Carmen's Story
    by Edith Piaf
  • Tanguera
    choreo. by Misha Ge
2018–2019
[9]
  • Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha
    by Petty Booka
    choreo. by Olga Ganicheva
  • Tango
    choreo. by Olga Ganicheva
2017–2018
[10]
2016–2017
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[11]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
CS Asian OpenWD
CS Golden SpinWD
CS U.S. ClassicWD
Philadelphia3rd
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds7th
Youth OlympicsWD
JGP Armenia7th
JGP France7th
JGP Italy7thWD
Asian Open5th
Egna Trophy2nd
National[2][11]
U.S. Champ.2nd V6th N4th J4thWD17th
Championship Series2nd
Levels: V = Juvenile, N = Novice, J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References
  1. "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 3, 2018.
  2. "Hanna Harrell". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
    "Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. Capellazzi, Gina (February 26, 2019). "Hanna Harrell ready to make her 'debut to the world' at the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships". figureskatersonline.com.
  4. Rutherford, Lynn (March 7, 2019). "Ambitious Harrell Will Reach for the Stars in Zagreb". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  5. Lutz, Rachel (March 7, 2019). "Hanna Harrell talks taking on Russians at world junior championships". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  6. Edges of Glory [@edges_of_glory] (15 January 2021). "#HannaHarrell is back on the ice after injuring her foot after JGP France in August 2019. "I'm pretty happy I was able to come to #ToyotaUSChamps21, but the recovery process was so long." Her stress fracture was misdiagnosed twice & she couldn't walk without pain for a year" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating.
  8. "Hanna HARRELL: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020.
  9. "Hanna HARRELL: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  10. "Hanna HARRELL: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018.
  11. "Competition Results: Hanna HARRELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
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